Saint-Cyprien, Lot Explained

Saint-Cyprien
Arrondissement:	Cahors
Canton:	Luzech
Commune:	Lendou-en-Quercy
Insee:	46262
Postal Code:	46800
Coordinates:	44.3086°N 1.2647°W
Elevation M:	222
Elevation Min M:	145
Elevation Max M:	277
Area Km2:	15.07
Population:	251
Population Date:	2019
Population Footnotes:	^[1]

Saint-Cyprien (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ sipʁijɛ̃/; Languedocien: Sent Çabrian) is a former commune in the Lot department in south-western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Lendou-en-Quercy.^[2]

History

Legend of the relics of St. Cyprian

The village's name comes from the name of Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, whose relics are claimed to have been hidden here during two centuries before reportedly transferred to Moissac in 1122.^{[3] [4]} This information comes from Aymeric de Peyrac in his Chronicle, and in an old lectionary of the abbey of Moissac, quoted by the Gallia Christiana, which says that the relics were transferred to Moissac from a place in the diocese of Cahors called Valles or Les Vaux. Alain de Solminihac probably did not believe the authenticity of the relics.^[5]

Before 1790, the parish's name was Saint-Cyprien des Vaux.^[6]

Administration

List of mayors since 1793:

• Charles Bach
  • 1793-1796
• Jean Laroque
  • 1796-1799
• Jean Paul Joseph Rayet
  • 1799-1800
• Jean Laroque
  • 1800-1821
• Duc
  • 1821-1826
• Bernard Lacavalerie
  • • 1826-1830
• Charles Mathieu de Tuller
  • 1830-1832
• Pierre Bousquet
  • 1832-1841
• Jean Pierre Gautié
  • 1841-1848
• Bousquet
  • 1848-1851
• Bernard Laroque
  • 1851-1852
• Antoine Sourbié
  • 1852-1862
• Gauthier J. Pierre Mercadié
  • 1862-1878
• Clément Delprat
  • 1878-1884
• Louis Verdier
  • 1884-1885
• Eugène Mercadié
  • 1885-1919
• Armand Mercadié
  • 1919-1948
• Henri Chazarin
  • 1948-1953
• Gilbert Borredon
  • 1953-1973
• Daniel Maury
  • 1973-1989
• Jean-Louis Vayssière
  • 1989-2017

See also

• Communes of the Lot department

Notes and References

1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
2. Web site: Arrêté du 6 décembre 2017 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Lendou-en-Quercy . fr . December 27, 2017 . Légifrance . January 22, 2018.
3. La Haye . Régis de . 1992 . Saint Cyprien, patron de Moissac . St. Cyprian, patron of Moissac . fr . Bulletin de la Société Archéologique de Tarn-et-Garonne . 117 . 137–159 . January 19, 2018 .
4. Web site: Cyprian, St. . New Catholic Encyclopedia . . January 19, 2018.
5. Albe . Edmond . 1911 . Les reliques de saint Cyprien. Deux lettres inédites du vénérable Alain de Solminihac, évêque de Cahors (1637-1659) . The relics of St. Cyprian. Two unpublished letters from the venerable Alain de Solminihac, bishop of Cahors (1637-1659) . fr . Revue d'histoire de l'Église de France . 12 . 725–727 . January 19, 2018 .
6. Book: Abbé Jean Depeyre . Saint-Cyprien des-Vaux : pages d'histoire locale . Saint-Cyprien des-Vaux: local history pages . fr . Cahors . Ed. A. Bergon . 1932 . January 22, 2018.